The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "fishing" ...
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Quick Hit Investigations Tip Sheet
The tipsheet provides "fishing list" with suggestions for easy investigations.
Tags: investigative; quick; fishing
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International data
Mulvad explores a myriad of available international data sets, including information on the quality of the data sets. Included are: farm subsidy data, fish subsidy data, lobby register; business data; and the status of other data sets in the European Union.
Tags: international; international data; farm subsidy data; European Union; EU; wobbing
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Doing your own lab testing
This tipsheet briefly goes over the Tribune's process of extensively testing fish for mercury and gives advice for future lab testing.
Tags: fish; mercury; testing; labs; investigating; broadcast track
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White Fish, Black Catches: Norwegian companies were leasing out old fishing ships to Russians, who were using them for illegal fishing in the Nordic Seas
The authors go into a lot of detail explaining every stage of their investigation into an illegal fishing operation. Russians were using Norwegian fishing boats, and operating with false paperwork and pretense, to fish illegally in the Nordic Seas. The authors explain how they uncovered the scam and worked with other media organizations to broadcast their findings.
Tags: television; broadcast journalism; fishing; food; ocean; boats; international journalism
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Investigating State and Local Government
This tipsheet lists some general tips for covering state and local government. For example, one of the tips is: "The best stories seem to start with tips, not fishing expeditions." At the end of the tipsheet is a list of topics, such as budgets and elections laws, that generally lead to good investigations.
Tags: state capital; ordinances; city council; records; sources
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Sports reporting: the real records
Fish's tipsheet provides suggestions on how to better cover the sports beat. He stresses hustle and legwork, assertive inquisitiveness, and the public documents available in the sports world.
Tags: sports; open records law; Form 990; NCAA; BCS; Chronicle of Higher Education; coaching salaries
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Some federal sources for environmental information
McQuaid offers many useful federal sources for reporters working on the environmental beat, specifically focusing on fishing, invasive species, environmental justice, hurricanes and other natural disasters, and chemicals.
Tags: Environment; fishing; invasive species; environmental justice; federal sources
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Telling Better Fish Stories
Describes how to write and pitch ocean environment stories. Tells journalists why these stories are important. Includes a story not available for download concerning the rebounding of the California Sardine industry.
Tags: environment; fishing; oceans; conservation
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Pew Oceans Comissions Media Tipsheet
Discusses the future of the American fishing industry with website addresses for more information
Tags: environment; oceans; fishing
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Beginners Track: Getting Data from the Web
This tipsheet explains where to go on the Internet to find databases. It also offers tips for "fishing" for information on the web.